Arafat OKs elections within six months
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agreed under pressure to hold leadership elections in the Palestinian Authority within six months. The move follows unanimous Palestinian lawmakers backing elections within a year and a new cabinet in 45 days, with reforms aimed at resuming peace talks. Israeli tanks entered Jenin amid clashes.
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Welfare changes pass House amid party line split
The House approved Republican welfare legislation 229 to 197, pushing more single mothers to work and funding hundreds of millions to promote marriage and abstinence. Iowa Republicans supported it. Democrat Leonard Boswell opposed. The measure now moves to the Senate amid debate on restoring immigrant benefits and expanding child care, education, and training.
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Welfare bill passes with 229 to 197 House vote
The House passed Republican welfare legislation 229 to 197, mandating 70 percent of welfare recipients in work activities for 40 hours weekly by 2007. The bill boosts child care subsidies by 2 billion over five years and funds marriage programs while preserving bans on immigrant welfare during a five year stay and abstinence grants. Democrats argued it crafts make-work jobs and limits state flexibility. amendments were blocked.
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